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Exploring Syracuse University’s Historic Old Row Towers

Monday, August 21, 2017, By Jesse Menn
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Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

Chancellor Kent Syverud and Pete Sala, vice president and chief campus facilities officer, climb to the bell tower in Crouse College.

Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

The Crouse Chimes in Crouse College

Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

Chancellor Syverud and Sala examine the chimes close up.

Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

Chancellor Syverud takes a close-up look at the mechanism behind the chimes in Crouse College.

Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

Chancellor Syverud stands in the doorway of the tower at the Hall of Languages, constructed in 1873.

Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

Chancellor Syverud treks to the bell tower in the Hall of Languages.

Lyman Hall

Chancellor Syverud, Patrick Castle ’18 and Tatiana Inkeles ’19 climb to the tower in Lyman Hall.

Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

Patrick Castle ’18, a biotechnology major, and Tatiana Inkeles ’19, a biology and neuroscience major, take photos from the top of Lyman Hall.

Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

Chancellor Syverud takes a cell phone photo of Castle and Inkeles, who agreed to accompany him on his tour.

Chancellor Kent Syverud Touring Campus Towers Crouse HL Hall Of Languages Smith and Lyman With Peter Sala 2017

Chancellor Syverud, Castle and Inkeles get a photo together on the Lyman Hall observation deck.

Panorama From Lyman Tower HL Hall Of Languages Smith Hall Newhouse Schine Promenade Einhorn Family Walk Bird Library Goldstein Faculty Center Watson Dorm Resedence Hall Ernie Davis Hall 2017

A panorama of campus from the tower of Lyman Hall. From the left are the Hall Of Languages, Smith Hall, Newhouse, Schine, the Einhorn Family Walk, Bird Library, the Goldstein Faculty Center, Watson Residence Hall and Ernie Davis Residence Hall.

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